Chapter 1

In my past life, Jimenez asked me to meet him in the back alley to confess his feelings.

I was sexually assaulted by a group of thugs, resulting in vaginal tearing and lifelong psychological trauma.

When Jimenez arrived later, he held me and cried, making me a promise never to leave:

"I'll love you forever, even though your uterus is damaged and you can't have children."

It wasn't until after his death that I discovered his diary, filled with pages of regret.

He regretted helping Aurora, the school's cheerleading captain, hide the truth.

It turned out he had fallen in love with Aurora long ago. Before confessing to me, he had rejected Aurora's advances.

Those thugs were sent by Aurora to get revenge on me.

As I lay dying in a hospital bed, Aurora pitifully begged him to keep her secret.

Jimenez nodded, helped Aurora, and eventually married me.

When I opened my eyes again, I was reborn on the day Jimenez confessed to me.

[Morris, meet me in the back alley after school. I have something to tell you. Come alone]

I stared in disbelief at the message from Jimenez.

I had actually returned to that most humiliating day.

Because of this day, I suffered vaginal tearing and had to endure pubic bone pain day and night.

After this day, Jimenez took me away from home, leaving my dignity behind in my homeland. My sense of self was shattered and rebuilt.

Tears of excitement fell from my eyes. This time I finally had a chance to rewrite my life.

Before this incident, I was a top student in my class with a bright future ahead of me.

After this incident, I became a factory worker. I suffered so much just to reach the position that had once been within easy grasp.

[Okay, I'll wait for you]

I put away my phone and headed straight to the coffee shop at the school gate.

In my past life, this was where Jimenez broke things off with Aurora, which led to Aurora taking out her anger on me by hiring thugs to defile me.

Now, I sat right behind them.

Jimenez and Aurora sat facing each other, Aurora's face showing shy delight.

"What did you want to tell me?"

"I'm sorry, I may have given you the wrong impression these past few days."

"I've thought it over seriously. I can't lose Morris. What I felt for you was just temporary attraction. Can we still be friends?"

Jimenez spoke on his own, completely oblivious to Aurora's darkening expression.

The server brought two cups of coffee but accidentally spilled them on Jimenez's clothes, interrupting his words.

"I'm so sorry, so sorry."

"It's fine—"

Jimenez suddenly stood up, scanning the surroundings in confusion.

The moment he saw Aurora, he glared at her furiously: "Aurora, how dare you show your face in front of me?"

Aurora looked bewildered.

"What's wrong with you?"

He had been fine just moments ago, but suddenly he seemed like a different person.

Seeing Jimenez's strange reaction, I understood—he had been reborn too.

Jimenez only froze for a second, then slowly sat back down after regaining his composure.

"Your phone. Let me see it."

Aurora clutched her phone tightly, desperately trying to hide her panic.

"Why do you want to see my phone?"

"Never mind."

Jimenez rubbed his temples.

"This is fine. After she's been violated, she'll be more docile and settle down with me."

Everything before me lost its luster.

All I could hear in my head was that sentence—after she's been violated, she'll be more docile. So this was what he really thought.

"Have you been well these past years?"

Jimenez's eyes showed cautious tenderness. Aurora relaxed and smiled faintly.

"I've been fine."

As long as he didn't continue that previous topic.

Jimenez stared, transfixed, and the next moment his eyes reddened slightly.

"That's good."

"Can we hug, just once?"

After the embrace, Jimenez turned his head and made a serious suggestion.

"Transfer schools tomorrow. Don't appear here again. This time I'm truly letting go."